One of the country’s largest proposed advanced plastics recycling plants is blocked by a zoning board after residents say they don’t want their views near the Susquehanna River blocked by an eight-story building for sorting plastic waste.
Local leaders across the nation are overhauling parking requirements for developers, scaling back the minimum number of spots for shopping centers and apartment complexes.
A zoning law in Saint Helena prevents developments like gated areas and waterfront hotels from displacing the island’s cultural resources. That’s helped residents maintain traditions. And it’s made them more protected from sea level rise.
The experience of Lytton — a town in British Columbia that suffered a disastrous fire last year and has yet to rebuild — shows how adapting to climate threats, and its slow and arduous recovery phase, can inflict its own wounds.
Billions of new taxpayer dollars are aimed at helping victims of extreme weather leave their vulnerable homes. But without a lot of teeth, the federal programs may just perpetuate the problem.
A third straight year of La Niña conditions, coupled with climate change, has left tens of thousands of people in eastern Australia at risk of displacement.
